"Chicago School" tenor

Tribune photo by Abel Uribe

A product of DuSable High School, Von Freeman has played with legends, from Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie to Sun Ra and Jimmy Witherspoon. He is considered the founder of the "Chicago School" of jazz tenor sax players which includes Gene Ammons, Johnny Griffin and Clifford Jordan.

A product of DuSable High School, Von Freeman has played with legends, from Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie to Sun Ra and Jimmy Witherspoon. He is considered the founder of the "Chicago School" of jazz tenor sax players which includes Gene Ammons, Johnny Griffin and Clifford Jordan. (Tribune photo by Abel Uribe)

A product of DuSable High School, Von Freeman has played with legends, from Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie to Sun Ra and Jimmy Witherspoon. He is considered the founder of the "Chicago School" of jazz tenor sax players which includes Gene Ammons, Johnny Griffin and Clifford Jordan.